http://www.legalweek.com/ViewItem.asp?id=28947
Dominic Carman
"The continuing fallout from Meadow has, in the view of some commentators, helped to undermine the role of expert witnesses — in civil as well as criminal cases. As James Bad-enoch QC, chairman of the Expert Witness Institute (EWI), explains: "Out of all this has come the extraordinary vilification of expert witnesses as an evil bunch who take money for giving whatever answer they are asked to give. The idea has been drummed up that they are fat cats who are paid to say anything they want to say and cause great injustice. It is deeply unfair and grossly inaccurate." "
